Reno City Election Tuesday runoff heats up in mayor race
Reno voters head to the polls Tuesday in the first runoff since incorporation to decide mayor James E. Wood versus Len Harris and council seats in four wards plus city attorney and clerk races. Warm campaigning centers on the mayoral clash as a record turnout is anticipated and weather promises fair, cloudless conditions.
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Reno
Len Harris
James E. Wood
Wood
Harris
Harry D. Anderson
Laurance E. Layman
justice of the peace
Anderson
Layman
George Carr
Ben Maffi
Carr
Bill Ligon
Tom Harvey
Fourth ward
Historic Pact in Auto Field May Set Trend
DETROIT June 6 Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a historic guaranteed wage plan and other terms. The settlement could halt widespread walkouts involving 68,000 of Ford's 140,000 workers. The plan is described as the biggest ever in American industry and may set a pattern for the auto sector and other basic industries. Walter Reuther hailed it as the largest economic package negotiated, with a pension boost to at least 241 dollars a month plus better hospital and medical benefits.
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DETROIT
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
General Motors
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
fellows
Reuther
John S. Bugas
Kidnap Threat Targets Portland Manufacturer's Daughter
A man broke into the Weinstein home in Portland and assaulted Lillian Weinstein and her three children, demanding 20000 in old notes in exchange for their safety. The assailant fled after a neighbor fired at him. police report details include the victim's son Robert, 6, and daughter Leslie, 10, as well as the Ziddel Machinery family connection.
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PORTLAND
Orc
Dan Mitola
Lillian Weinstein
Mitole
Mitola
Wilkes
Gas Heater Blast Levels Reno Home Injures Three
A gas heater explosion at 505 Ridge St Reno leveled the front wall and roof, injuring three including Bechtel foreman Melvin Katt 36 in critical condition from burns his wife Nola 38 buried under debris and suffering cuts, Riordan 42 sustained a lacerated leg. A witness described a smoke column rising high as police investigated a stair wall switch likely on at the time.
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Reno
Ridge St
teff Melvin Katt
Bechtel Construction Co
San Francisco
SURIEN
Reno fue
Karl Evans
Katt
Richard Keen
Joaquin “Miller Jr
Tom Kyne
bay area
University of Nevada
505 Ridge
Christensen
Red Underground Army Said Goal
Taipei Formosa June 6 UP A Chinese Nationalist news agency charged today that the Chinese Communists had decided to organize an underground army for the liberation of southeast Asia. The Tatao agency run by the Nationalist interior ministry claims private contacts in Peiping. The agency also said that although Soviet Russian troops had been withdrawn from the Dairen Port Arthur area of Manchuria Soviet air strength there had been reinforced by a squadron of Flurian tote.
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TAIPEH
Formosa
southeast Asia
Tatao
interior ministry
Peiping
Dairen- Port Arthur
Manchuria
Treaty Ratification Seen Soon After Soviet Pullout
Washington reports the Soviet troops have pulled out of the area and hopes grow for swift ratification of the long delayed peace treaty involving three Chinese Communist areas with Austria. Senate leaders anticipate approval by the Foreign Relations Committee next week, with Johnson noting no serious opposition.
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ceeeeremen peters
WASHINGTON
senate
Austria
Lyndon B.Johnson
D-Tex
senate foreign relations committee
Domestic Copper Supply Inadequate
The Bureau of Mines reports that under foreseeable conditions the United States cannot again meet domestic copper demand. It notes the U S produces about a third of world copper and consumes about half, with a shift from surplus exports to dependence on imports since 1929. Stockpiling for national defense is urged as production remains inadequate.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
bureau of mines
United States
bureau
Burglar Returns Loot to Priest After Night of Guilt
In Dayton Ohio a remorseful burglar handed over his loot to Rev Henry J Taske pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary church saying he could not sleep and wanted the money returned to the rightful owners. He gave $1200 cash and asked the priest to see it returned.
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DAYTON
Ohio
Henry J. Taske
Our Lady of the Rosary
Violence toll in French North Africa rises
Paris reports that national violence across weekend areas under French control in North Africa killed at least 10 people. Dispatches cited by presses indicate ongoing unrest and casualties as authorities respond to outbreaks of violence in the region.
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PARIS
North Africa
Degrees Given To Students In Annual Commencement
The University of Nevada held its 65th commencement with degrees conferred on graduates in arts, sciences, and professional engineering along with five honorary degrees. Notables include Lester D. Summerfield and Rear Admiral John R. Redman honored for law and service, with Ham Fleischmann and Maude Frazier receiving honorary titles. Several dozen graduates from Reno, Carson City, Sparks and surrounding areas earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in arts and sciences.
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University of Nevada
Ernest V. Hollis
U. S. Office of Education
Minard W. Stout
Lester D. Summerfield
Reno
John R. Redman
Twelfth Naval District
Sarah Hamilton Fleischmann
Maude
Frazier
Clark county
Arthur E. Orvis
Fleischmann
Summerfield
College of Arts and Science
William Duncan Atkinson, Jr
Stockton
Calif
Richard Breitwieser
Susanville
Douglas Vernon Brooks
George
Joseph Brown
Barbaral Joan Butler
Douglas Milton Byington
Sparks
Patricia Sue Casey
Robert Charles Christner
John Lawrence Curley, Jr
Carol Lee Dickerson
Priscilla Amadeo Dorazio
Winnemucca
Ronald Herbert Einstoss
Los Angeles
Kathryn Mayvonne Eldridge
Carson City
Faye Fotos
McGill
Janice Lee Green
Jane Chappuis Hall
John Lynden Hall
Gail Carolyn Johnson
Alice Mae Koontz
Boulder City
Joseph Richard Ash
Colton
John Peter Lee
Las Vegas
Barbara Irwin
Silvio Joseph Santina
William Charles Sheperth
Pocatello
Idaho
Mary Rose Stathes
Edward C. Stephens
Stephen Charles Stewart
Pomona
Joy Dawn Thompson
Janet Van Valey
Henderson
Austin Robert Wardle, Jr
Tonopah
Donald Lee Wilkerson
Jean Claire Williams
Leslie Olds Zurfluh
Olive Berry
Lucille Baker Church
Florence Rose Becker Collings
Alice Darrah
Robert E. De Bold
Reginald Hugh De Paoli
Eureka
Frederick A. Dickinson
Kenneth Charles Duck
Marilyn J. Trembath Durbin
Ward W. Hinckley
Wendell
Nevada
Hollis
Loring Williams
Olaf Sand Leifson
Clair Earl of
Overton
Associated Students
Elizabeth Manley
Sagens
women's service organization
Henry Abebert, sr
Outstanding UN Students Given Annual Awards
University of Nevada announced awards for top seniors in academics and service at commencement. Olaf Leifson of Reno won the Gold Medal with a 3.95 GPA, a BS in Arts and Sciences, and ROTC Governor’s Medal. Other honorees include Lorraine Meunier of Los Angeles for the French Medal and John Staunton of Tulelake for the Wittenberg prize.
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University of Nevada
Olaf Sandifson
Reno
Leifson
College of Arts and Science
S. W. Leifson
Lorraine Meunier
Los Angeles
Calif
C. F. and
Frank Wittenberg
College of Agriculture
John M
Patricia Sue Casey
Barbara Irwin Maclean
Janice Green
Alice Welch Darrah
Tonopah
Genevieve Jones
John Lynden Hall
Carson City
Olaf Leifson
Robert Christner
Sparks
Glenn Dory
Austin
George Samstad, Jr
Redlands
Janet Van Valey
Henderson
Martha Riley
Richard Breitwieser
Susenville
Rail Income Up Over 1954
The Association of American Railroads estimated April net incomes for 126 Class 1 carriers at 67 million dollars, 27 million higher than April 1954. For the first four months of 1955 the income totaled 243 million dollars, up from 132 million a year earlier.
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WASHINGTON
The
Association of American Railroads today
Nevada graduates call for broader higher education program
At the University of Nevada 1955 commencement in the gymnasium Ernest V. Hollis urged a more comprehensive system to serve nearly all high school graduates. He warned Nevada cannot import top professional manpower as competition grows and urged expansion to meet future demand.
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Nevada
University of Nevada
Ernest V. Hollis
U. S. Office of Education
Hollis
Utah
California
Arizona
Reno
Washoe
Pershing
Clark county
Nevada Southern
Las Vegas
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